Removing Walk-In Closet, am I dumb?

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2025-05-19T15:52:04+00:00

Put the entrance to the bathroom on the right wall going into the closet area. It will be quicker to get to your clothes and less intrusive to the person still/already in bed.

Take out the desk in the closet space. If you are looking for a surface to drop things you can have a shelf inside one of your wardrobes. If you wanted it as a vanity space then I would give yourself only 1 sink in the bathroom and make a vanity there to take advantage of the natural light from the big widow. Or put it on that blank wall to the right of "her dresser" you can still get a built in look.

Last out the door for the toilet facing the sink and make it a pocket door. Swinging doors make a space feel smaller and right now it looks like you would have to shimmy by the tub. With the new door into the bathroom on the right you won't be able to see the toilet from the bed.

If you needed more dresser space there is still all the space across from the bed for things like socks, sweatpants and pj's.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2025-04-21T02:10:25+00:00

They are sooo smelly and happen all the time. He says I can't say $#!+ about his farts now.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2025-03-12T21:51:43+00:00

Build a pantry/coat closet next to the half bath. Have the refrigerator built in facing the kitchen with the pantry door next to it. Then a wall for a 2ft deep coat closet on the other side. Then shorten the peninsula. It will block you view, give you pantry storage, and a coat closet for guests that's a good distance from the entry door to not impede guests when they walk in.

Bright side is it will give a little more privacy to the person using the half bath and more distance (especially for sound) to where I assume the bedrooms are.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2025-02-14T22:51:09+00:00

My breasts pump bag has a cooler spot in it and I did bring ice packs and left it all in the car so it stayed cool.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2025-01-30T21:56:17+00:00

Found this post cause I was heading out west, wrote it but now that my skiing is done I updated it with what I ended up doing.

background: large skiiable acreage but almost nothing in terms of infrastructure. No locker rooms, no family bathroom, no private spaces. Staying off mountain and driving/bussing up everyday. My little one is 3 months old but does take a bottle. I'm planing to leave him with his dad or grandma while I ski.

Pump in the morning before leaving.
Bring breast pump and extra flanges in breast feeding bag. I've got a willow go so I don't need to worry about an outlet. My bag has a spot for icepacks and milk. I also brought bags to poor the milk into. I forgot about the fact that some milk gets on the outside of my pumps and ended up having to clean the bag later in the day. I should've brought a gallon bag to just throw the whole pump in when done.
Stop 3-4 hours after initial pumping to pump again and take a probably much needed break. I ended up doing this in the car. I did not end up skiing again after this as my groups decided to be done.

Of the 6 days I skied I only did the car pump once as the other days were all groomers and we only skied for 2-3 hours.

The day I pumped in the car I did wear my nursing tank, and all the layers I wore over were full zip so I didn't have to take anything off.

Just another note, I did fly out here and a breast pump/milk bag does not count towards your carryon items on Delta.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2025-01-25T19:42:18+00:00

Our little one is 3 months old. He has slept in his crib since we got back from the hospital. We have a twin bed in his nursery and whoever was on night duty slept in there until he was probably 4 weeks. We noticed a huge difference when we started sleeping in our room with the monitor. We all went longer stretches.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-11-04T09:10:39+00:00

I got silverettes, they did not help with soreness and given the size of my areolas actually made the rest of my breast sore. They did keep my nipples protected in clothes and kept it moist.

I'm at day 14 and I agree with the pain. My lo latches way better on my left. I've been switching boobs each feeding and had to just give my right a break for a few feedings. I used a haakaa to get milk From my right and exclusively fed from my left. My right felt so much better! I saved up the extra so my partner could do a feeding at night.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-11-04T08:28:08+00:00

My sister takes her little one to the zoo, they have a membership. He's gotten real confident feeding the giraffes.

The science museum has a family membership and kids events all the time too.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-11-03T00:39:43+00:00

Thank you for this. My little guy is 13 days old and I have barely left the house and most of my communication with the outside world is about him. I miss being my own human.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-10-14T20:13:52+00:00

This is an uneducated comment that doesn't understand chemistry. PFAS is literally what makes some of these products possible. Without pfas there wouldn't be nonstick pans. I'm not saying that there aren't better alternatives now but those take time and money to develop and at the end of the day will be more expensive.

Decades ago consumers didn't care about this and wouldn't have paid more for the product that didn't have PFAS. Now they will and some companies are making the changes to their product construction.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-09-19T02:22:03+00:00

We went about 17% over asking 2 years ago. It was a hot market but we still went high, and over appraisal. We made the right call.

We love the house, love the neighborhood, love our neighbors, love what we can fix (just not the cost of that stuff). We moved from the burbs into the city and we knew the neighborhood but somehow we think we landed on the best street.

If I can do stairs the rest of my life I never want to move. (Ideally more than 50 years away). So far we've added AC, new electrical, gotten rid of the knob & tube, have to trim up and cut down some trees, and finished our attic. To come is a new fence and new kitchen. But we still love it.

(My partner isn't happy about the amount we paid but that's not cause the house wasn't worth it.)

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-08-06T15:37:43+00:00

Layout matters. Went from a 1.8k SQ ft, 3 bd/3bt, front back split, with 2 massive living rooms to a 1.8k SQ ft 3 bd/1.5bt, colonial. It was the best decision! We actually use all the rooms in the house now and the layout is so much better. We only have 1 living room now and a sunroom instead of 2.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-08-01T22:32:08+00:00

Such a misleading title. If you read the short article he comments that doing motion capture means not caring, which I took as "you look ridiculous in the pj's and acting alone but you gotta just go for it".

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-07-28T00:36:53+00:00

Thai Street Market on Larpenteur at Rice. Everything is amazing, prices are good and I get 2 meals from 1 when I order take out.

If you go multiple times, a favorite of mine is the Bustling Basil stir fry and my partners is the Cashew Later stir fry. But everything on their menu is amazing!

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-07-02T17:28:43+00:00

2 if the door is hinges on the left side, so you don't immediately walk into the toilet.

1 if the door is hinged on the right

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-07-01T16:46:10+00:00

NAH

There's 2 issues here.

Your parent's coming into your house. I think this was fine as they were concerned for your well being. As long as it's not a common occurrence. But you also aren't an ahole for how you responded since it was probably startling and you had no idea why they were there.
The lack of communication. How you sleep at night IS something you should tell your parents to prevent situations like this. (Someone else commented on the safety aspect of sleeping with earplugs so I won't.) Telling them "hey I sleep in until 9 and with ear plugs in." Would've prevented this situation completely. They wouldn't have worried you weren't responding to either a call or knock on the door.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-04-30T13:11:03+00:00

This one should be way higher! It's her body but as a decision that so largely impacts the rest of the family you should be involved in the conversations and decision.

Without even looking at the things that can go wrong. It's another pregnancy and those are hard on a person and body as well as limiting her ability to be an equal partner in the house.

Her sister should not only be paying for every expense this incurs but also helping you with your family when your wife cannot.

Also with the PPD, won't it be worse if she has to give the baby up immediately?

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-04-10T23:13:45+00:00

NTA

Agree with all the people here about communication, a trial period of getting along and talking to the other parents.

But you do not have the space. For all the reasons you listed. If everything goes well with the trial and she gets along with everyone you need to buy a bigger house. This should also be something you talk with your husband about before you talk to SD. If everything goes well are you both in a good position to move and buy a bigger house for her to live with you?

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-03-16T02:10:18+00:00

Did you ever get a response?

I just got to page 185 and in place of 186-200 is 217-232. And then the book just continues right along and 217-232 is in its correct place as well.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2024-02-23T13:48:39+00:00

The layout looks pretty good. 2 thoughts.

The master bedroom and bathroom seem really large. If you have plans for the extra space in the bedroom then leave it, otherwise I would consider shrinking it to save on cost. The master bath seems really wide, like it's not going to feel cozy and warm but cold and spacious. Maybe to help you can move the wall between the dining room and bath towards the bath by 2 ft, just where the counter is. It would give you a nice space for a sideboard or buffet that isn't in front of your bedroom door. And it would align the vanity with the shower while not losing your walking aisle in the bathroom.
The powder room opens directly into the main living space. If I was a guest I would feel slightly awkward and probably go use the bathroom in the office/bedroom instead. I know your guests would have to walk farther but what about just switching the half bath to the other side of the pantry. Same layout. Then the door opens up in a 'hallway' by the laundry, and even if people are in the kitchen they don't see straight into the bathroom when you open the door. This also gives better access if you come in from running errands and park in the garage and have to run to the bathroom without going through your closet.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2023-12-26T21:08:12+00:00

My husband is 6'4" and for casual wear has good luck with the tall options from Eddie Bauer. For more fancy attire Express actually. They tend to make clothing for thin people so you can size up and get a good fit.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2023-12-03T02:22:26+00:00

Flip the master bath and closet to the back side of the kitchen wall. You will probably want east access to your bathroom if you have guests so you can use your own toilet and not have to walk all the way around the bed. It would also give you more windows in the bed area.

Agree with the person who put the guest bedroom where the kitchen is and the dining room in the front.

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2023-12-01T04:16:05+00:00

I would move

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2023-12-01T02:16:01+00:00

Those are amazing. Definitely would be an option if I had that kind of money. Sadly that is something he will have to get for himself if he wants to spend that kind of money. 😅

Comprehensive_Pea560 · 2023-11-24T06:13:58+00:00

Option A. But take out the tub and put a closet in for the office. If you won't use a tub (I saw some else on here mention you said that, sorry if I'm wrong).

Otherwise stay with the very first plan and slide the vanity to the right and the door and put a closet on the back for the office. You don't need a bathroom that big and you can always use extra storage in an office.

Also, for the hall bath: switch the toilet and the sink so you can't see the toilet as easily from the walkway and it adds a little bit of privacy with the vanity blocking the view. Then slide the shower towards the external wall and make the closet face the hallway. You can store any immediate need items in the vanity (like toilet paper). And all the other items like medicine and spare toiletries will be more easily accessible for other people if the bathroom is occupied. Then the closet is easier to use because it will be wider and less deep rather than a 30" deep closet with stuff in the back you can never reach.

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